Is it worthwhile to have a few applications to check the integrity of audio files and repair them if errors are found, can these things be trusted?
Are any of the ones I list below good, or what's the best apps for this?
MP3 Validator
MP3 Repair Tool
MP3 Checker
THANKS
By the way I just download my mp3s, I'm not doing any ripping and encoding.
I used MP3 Validator to see what it would do and it showed me quite a few files with errors on them. Here is what some of them said:
Stereo Rock & Roll.mp3" (offset 0x8a9): MPEG stream error, resynchronized successfully
18 Carat Love Affair.mp3" (offset 0x367e2b): It seems that file is truncated or there is garbage at the end of the file
Fast Cars.mp3": Wrong CRC in 1 frames
Pulling Punches .mp3": Wrong number of MPEG data bytes specified in Xing header (9022682 instead of 9022292)
Wrong number of MPEG data bytes specified in VBRI header (5997173 instead of 5997069)
When I See You.mp3" (offset 0): Garbage at the beginning of the file
While I'm Still Alive.mp3": Non-layer-III frame encountered. See related INFO message for details.
While I'm Still Alive.mp3": Different MPEG versions or layers in one file. See related INFO message for details.
I only know Mp3 Validator, but i didn't use it often. Maybe it's good in repairing header and something else, but it can't repair sync errors, of course.
I check my Mp3s with Mp3 utility. If there are sync errors I will delete them and wrong VBR headers I try to repair with foobar.